Insights and Stories on Inputs

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

Apr. 6, 2022 at 8:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to woo farmers on its benefits for their crops. Now, […]

USDA opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:29 pm CST

By Leah Douglas

With fertilizer costs high and seed scarce, U.S. farmers turn to soy

Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:38 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Mark Weinraub

Two Saskatchewan co-ops to buy ag input retailer

Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:57 am CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soy down on South American weather, technical pressure

Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy futures up with global demand

Oct. 20, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a two-week high on Wednesday and soybean futures also advanced, supported by brisk global demand, firm cash markets and surging vegetable oil prices. U.S. wheat futures rose as Minneapolis Grain Exchange spring wheat futures set a nine-year top on tightening global supplies […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue

Oct. 19, 2021 at 12:58 pm CDT

Chicago/Berlin | Reuters — U.S. farmers are pre-buying seeds and chemicals they need earlier than normal, in a bid to secure supplies for next spring amid sector-wide supply-chain problems, a top executive at German agricultural and pharmaceuticals firm Bayer said Tuesday. Bayer also estimates its average seed prices will go […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Zuzanna Szymanska

Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand

Aug. 20, 2021 at 7:32 pm CDT

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Friday raised its full-year earnings forecast after quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on the back of strong demand for farm and construction equipment. The world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer now expects net income in fiscal 2021 to be between $5.7 billion and $5.9 […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh Sanjana Shivdas

New Nutrien CEO to carry out current strategy

May. 4, 2021 at 7:37 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian fertilizer and farm dealer Nutrien will continue its existing business strategy, including a focus on supporting global potash prices over maximizing sales, new CEO Mayo Schmidt said Tuesday. Surging prices of corn, soybeans and canola have given North American farmers more incentive to spend on […]

By Rod Nickel

Cargill buying further into Saskatchewan ag retail

Mar. 19, 2021 at 10:16 am CDT

Cargill plans to expand its crop retail reach further into southeastern Saskatchewan by buying up the remaining half of one of its joint ventures in the region. The Canadian arm of the U.S. agrifood firm said Thursday it will buy up crop input retailer Precision Ag for an undisclosed sum, […]